Curved mirror camera

Abstract

The present invention discloses a curved mirror camera including an opaque housing, a single-sided curved reflector, a light-absorption hood and a camera. The opaque housing contains an opening, the single-sided curved reflector is assembled with the opaque housing to form an internal accommodation space, the light-absorption hood is collected in the accommodation space and the camera is collected in the accommodation space. The camera converts an image into an electronic signal for output and is further provided with a zoom lens by which a same photographing effect of shiny mirror reflection, high quality and high definition can be provided, so as to improve an issue in a conventional camera wherein a lens is always fixed.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]a) Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a curved mirror camera, and more particularly to a curved mirror camera which is provided with a zoom lens.[0003]b) Description of the Prior Art[0004]As emerging of counter-terrorism, a surveillance camera apparatus has been very broadly applied, and in a daily life, the surveillance camera apparatus is indeed very important for fighting a crime and securing evidences. However, when using the aforementioned surveillance camera apparatus, following issues and shortcomings actually exist to be improved:[0005]1. Referring to FIG. 1, it shows a three-dimensional view of a conventional surveillance camera. The surveillance camera 1 is usually installed at a location that is too clear. Although a criminal behavior can be deterred, it is actually easier to stop a man of integrity than a villain, as the villain will usually damage the surveillance camera 1 or hide from a lens before committing a...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]The primary object of the present invention is to provide a curved mirror camera which allows an image to be shot more clearly.

[0012]As a different curvature can result in different incident polarization and a different light reflection amplitude, a different mirror reflectivity and a different mirror effect will be formed, as well. The mirror reflectivity and the mirror effect are inversely proportional to transmittance; that is, the brighter the mirror effect is, the lower the transmittance will be. On the other hand, the transmittance is directly proportional to a camera effect; that is, the brighter the mirror effect is, the lower the transmittance will be, the smaller an exposure value of the camera will be and the worse the camera effect will be. The present invention is to improve the aforementioned issues and shortcomings by providing the zoom lens on the camera to effectively improve the camera effect. At a same time, the shiny mirror reflection and the camera effect of high quality and high definition are provided, which largely decreases a tangible cost and an intangible cost, expands a range of application and contributes to a society, thereby achieving the practical progressiveness that the conventional surveillance camera apparatus has not thought of.

[0014]As the present invention is only a corner reflector from appearance, people will not find out that the present invention is equipped with the photographing and surveillance functions. By the aforementioned technologies, the issue existing in the conventional surveillance camera apparatus that the surveillance camera is easily damaged by a person with indecent intention can be solved, thereby achieving the practical progressiveness of the hidden-type camera.

[0015]Still another object of the present invention is to provide a camera, all parameters of which can be controlled and adjusted more conveniently.

[0016]The camera of the present invention is able to receive plural instruction signals to adjust every parameter and function, wherein the parameter of the camera can be a color, chroma, brightness, contrast, a text, backlight compensation, white balance, an electronic shutter or a wide dynamic range of the camera, and the function of the camera can be an OSD (On Screen Display) operation function, zoom in and out, sync-focus, an RS-485 communication protocol or IP (Internet Protocol) remote control of image transmission, of the camera. By the aforementioned technologies, the parameters and functions of the camera can be adjusted and controlled by a wireless remote controller and the IP remote transmission, and an OSD menu of the parameters and the functions can be displayed on a screen, facilitating a user and an engineer to control and adjust the camera; this saves time and keeps from wasting labor work and labor hours by coming back and forth the place where the surveillance camera apparatus is installed, thereby achieving the practical progressiveness that the conventional surveillance camera apparatus has not thought of.

Problems solved by technology

Although a criminal behavior can be deterred, it is actually easier to stop a man of integrity than a villain, as the villain will usually damage the surveillance camera 1 or hide from a lens before committing a crime to prevent crime scenes from being shot.2. A conventional corner reflector which is installed at a location, such as an intersection of a curved road, a corner of a shopping mall, a U-turn place at a traffic lane of a community, is only used for auxiliary surveillance but is really not provided with the surveillance function, which has no physical help to collect evidences of an event, identify a truth and secure the evidences.3. To cope with all kinds of on-site environments, the conventional surveillance camera should be sent back to an original manufacturer to calibrate and adjust every parameter and function by instruments, which wastes labor work and time.4. The surveillance camera should be integrated into the existing reflector, which can avoid installing too many surveillance devices, mitigate constriction to people and improve the shortcomings of effects of all kinds of curved mirrors caused by difference of the curvature.

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